Lab worker says he was fired for anti-nuke paper

Created: 07/31/2014 9:16 PM
By: APNewsNow, Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A former member of Los Alamos National Laboratory's non-proliferation team says he was fired after writing an article for a nonprofit web site in support of abolishing nuclear weapons.

James Doyle says he believes he was let go after 17 years because lab officials feared the article, which espoused his personal views, could be interpreted as a voice from the laboratory and could present problems in seeking funding for Los Alamos's nuclear bomb building mission.

Doyle says he was fired July 8, several months after lab officials claimed his article raised classification concerns. He says the article had been cleared for publication by the proper officials before it was published.

Doyle's attorney Mark Zaid says he believes there was clear retaliation, and he is pursuing administrative remedies for his client.

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